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The Only Constant is Change
This statement certainly rings true for me, does it for you? Change makes me think of the yin/yang relationships of traditional Chinese Medicine. The change of light flowing into dark, or dark into light, and especially the flow of the seasons. As I am a gardener, I...
Herbal Medicine Making Basics
Carpe Diem! Summer is feeling short, yet very sweet this year. It is the season to not only smell the flowers yet also to gather the leaves, flowers, berries, and bark for herbal medicine making. A favorite yet busy time of year, filled with foraging walks and hours...
Acu Naps to the Rescue!
"Summer time and the living is easy" Or so the song goes, for many of us that live and work in a tourist town summer is the busy season. It is filled with lots of work hours, and heavier demands due to the holidaying numbers that share our beautiful part of the...
Online Consultations
Flourishing Health is pleased to be offering online consultations and services. This is perfect for new and/or previous clients who are no longer local to the Invermere, Radium, Fairmont areas to receive in person consultations and services but would like to continue...
Is Anyone Hungry? What should we eat?
Is Anyone Hungry? What should we eat? It seems like I am hungrier in the winter, are you the same? Perhaps it is to cope with the cold weather of our lovely, and seasonally diverse, Canadian climate. Perhaps it is to fuel our bodies for all those great outdoor...
Reflexology is so Much more than a Foot rub
Reflexology is so Much more than a Foot rub! Have you heard the term Reflexology and wondered what it meant? Do you like foot rubs and think that Reflexology might be a good option for you? Have you ever wondered why points in the hands and feet are so...
Eating For the Season Fall 2019
Fall is the season to build our immunity, and strengthen the organs of Lung and Large Intestine. In Traditional Chinese Medicine the two organs are considered to be of the metal element and the season of metal is autumn. It is also the season where many viruses start...
Acupuncture Treatment
About Acupuncture Acupuncture is a holistic health technique that stems from Traditional Chinese Medicine practices in which trained practitioners stimulate specific points on the body by inserting thin needles to specific depths. The needles, as thin as a human hair,...
Reflexology
About Reflexology Reflexology is the application of pressure to the feet and hands with specific thumb, finger, and hand techniques. Reflex points in hands, and feet correspond to different body organs and systems and that working on them has a beneficial effect on...